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**Exercise Set 4.1**
In 1-4 justify your answers by using the definitions of even, odd, prime, and
composite numbers.
1. Assume that $k$ is a particular integer.
a. Is $-17$ an odd integer?
b. Is $0$ neither even nor odd?
c. Is $2k - 1$ odd?
2. Assume that $c$ is a particular integer.
a. Is $-6c$ an even integer?
b. Is $8c + 5$ an odd integer?
c. Is $(c^1 + 1) - (c^2 - 1) - 2$ an even integer?
3. Assume that $m$ and $n$ are particular integers?
a. Is $6m + 8n$ even?
b. Is $10mn + 7$ odd?
c. If $m > n > 0$, is $m^2 - n^2$ composite?
4. Assume that $r$ and $s$ are particular integers.
a. Is $4rs$ even?
b. Is $6r + 4s^2 + 3$ odd?
c. If $r$ and $s$ are both positive, is $r^2 + 2rs + s^2$ composite?
Prove the statements in 5-11.
5. There are integers $m$ and $n$ such that $m > 1$ and $n > 1$ and
$\dfrac{1}{m} + \dfrac{1}{n}$ is an integer.
6. There are distinct integers $m$ and $n$ such that
$\dfrac{1}{m} + \dfrac{1}{n}$ is an integer.
7. There are real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that
$$ \sqrt{a + b} = \sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} $$
8. There is an integer $n > 5$ such that $2^n - 1$ is prime.
9. There is a real number $x$ such that $x > 1$ and $2^x > x^{10}$.
**Definition:** An integer $n$ is called a **perfect square** if, and only if,
$n = k^2$ for some integer $k$.
10. There is a perfect square that can be written as a sum of two other perfect
squares.
11. There is an integer $n$ such that $2n^2 - 5n + 2$ is prime.
In 12-13, (a) write a negation for the given statement, and (b) use a
counterexample to disprove the given statement. Explain how the counterexample
actually shows that the given statement is false.
12. For all real numbers $a$ and $b$, if $a < b$ the $a^2 < b^2$.
13. For every integer $n$, if $n$ is odd then $\dfrac{n - 1}{2}$ is odd.
Disprove each of the statements in 14-16 by giving a counterexample. In each
case explain how the counterexample actually disproves the statement.
14. For all integers $m$ and $n$, if $2m + n$ is odd then $m$ and $n$ are both
odd.
15. For every integer $p$, if $p$ is prime then $p^2 - 1$ is even.
16. For every integer $n$, if $n$ is even then $n^2 + 1$ is prime.
In 17-20, determine whether the property is true for all integers, true for no
integers, or true for some integers and false for other integers. Justify your
answers.
17. $(a + b)^2 = a^2 + b^2$
18. $\dfrac{a}{b} + \dfrac{c}{d} = \dfrac{a + c}{b + d}$
19. $-a^n = (-a)^n$
20. The average of any two odd integers is odd.
Prove the statement in 21 and 22 by the method of exhaustion.
21. Every positive even integer less than 26 can be expressed as a sum of three
of fewer perfect squares. (For instance, $10 = 1^2 + 3^2$ and $16 = 4^2$.)
22. For each integer $n$ with $1 \leq n \leq 10$, $n^2 -n + 11$ is a prime
number.
Each of the statements in 23-26 is true. For each, (a) rewrite the statement
with the quantification implicit as If _____, then _____, and (b) write the
first sentence of a proof (the "starting point") and the last sentence of a
proof (the "conclusion to be shown"). (Note that you do not need to understand
the statements in order to be able to do these exercises.)
23. For every integer $m$, if $m > 1$ then $0 < \dfrac{1}{m} < 1$.
24. For every real number $x$, if $x > 1$ then $x^2 > x$.
25. For all integers $m$ and $n$, if $mn = 1$ then $m = n = 1$ or $m = n = -1$.
26. For every real number $x$, if $0 < x < 1$ then $x^2 < x$.
27. Fill in the blanks in the following proof.
**Theorem:** For every odd integer $n$, $n^2$ is odd.
**Proof:** Suppose $n$ is any ___ (a) ___. By definition of odd, $n = 2k + 1$
for some integer $k$. Then
$$ n^2 = \left(___(b)____\right)^2 \quad \text{ by substitution} $$
$$ \quad = 4k^2 + 4k + 1 \quad \text{ by multiplying out} $$
$$ \quad = 2(2k^2 + 2k) + 1 \quad \text{ by factoring out a 2} $$
Now $2k^2 + 2k$ is an integer because it is a sum of products of integers.
Therefore $n^2$ equals $2 \cdot (\text{an integer}) + 1$, and so ___ (c) ___ is
odd by definition of odd.
Because we have not assumed anything about $n$ except that it is an odd integer,
it follows from the principle of ___ (d) ___ that for _every_ odd integer $n$,
$n^2$ is odd.
In each of 28-31:
a. Rewrite the theorem in three different ways:
as $\forall$ _____, if _____ then _____, as $\forall$ _____, _____ (without
using the words _if_ or _then_),
and as If _____, then _____ (without using an explicit universal quantifier).
b. Fill in the blanks in the proof of the theorem.
28.
**Theorem:** the sum of any two odd integers is even.
**Proof:** Suppose $m$ and $n$ are any _[particular but arbitrarily chosen]_ odd
integers.
_[We must show that $m + n$ is even.]_
By __ (a) __, $m = 2r + 1$ and $n = 2s + 1$ for some integers $r$ and $s$.
Then
$$ m + n = (2r + 1) + (2s + 1) \quad \text{k by \_\_ (b) \_\_} $$
$$ \quad = 2r + 2s + 2 $$
$$ \quad = 2(r + s + 1) \quad \text{ by algebra} $$
Let $u = r + s + 1$. Then $u$ is an integer because $r$, $s$, and $1$ are
integers and because __ \(c\) __.
Hence $m + n = 2u$, where $u$ is an integer, and so, by __ (d) __, $m + n$ is
even _[as was to be shown]._
29.
**Theorem:** The negative of any integer is even.
**Proof:** Suppose $n$ is any _[particular but arbitrarily chosen]_ even
integer.
_[We must show that $-n$ is even.]_
By __ (a) __, $n = 2k$ for some integer $k$.
Then
$$ -n = -(2k) \quad \text{ by \_\_ (b) \_\_} $$
$$ \quad = 2(-k) \quad \text{ by algebra} $$
Let $r = -k$. Then $r$ is an integer because $(-1)$ and $k$ are integers and __
\(c\) __.
Hence $-n = 2r$, where $r$ is an integer, and so $-n$ is even by __ (d) __ _[as
was to be shown]._
30.
**Theorem 4.1.2:** The sum of any even integer and any odd integer is odd.
**Proof:** Suppose $m$ 8s any even integer and $n$ is __ (a) __. By definition
of even, $m = 2$ for some __ (b) __, and by definition of odd, $n = 2s + 1$ for
some integer $s$. By substitution and algebra,
$$ m + n = \text{\_\_ (c) \_\_} = 2(r + s) + 1 $$
Since $r$ and $s$ are both integers, so is their sum $r + s$. Hence $m + n$ has
the form twice some integer plus one, and so __ (d) __ by definition of odd.
31.
**Theorem:** Whenever $n$ is an odd integer, $5n^2 + 7$ is even.
**Proof:** Suppose $n$ is any _[particular but arbitrarily chosen]_ odd integer.
_[We must show that $5n^2 + 7$ is even.]_
By definition of odd, $n$ = __ (a) __ for some integer $k$.
Then
$$ 5n^2 + 7 = \text{\_\_ (b) \_\_} \quad \text{ by substitution} $$
$$ \quad = 5(4k^2 + 4k + 1) + 7 $$
$$ \quad = 20k^2 + 20k + 12 $$
$$ \quad = 2(10k^2 + 10k + 6) \quad \text{ by algebra} $$
Let $t =$ __ \(c\) __. Then $t$ is an integer because products and sums of
integers are integers.
Hence $5n^2 + 7 = 2t$, where $t$ is an integer, and thus __ (d) __ by definition
of even _[as was to be shown]._